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Discover the power of transparency in journaling with Beth Beardshaw and Candice Favela from UT-Dallas. This hands-on approach encourages active learning and supports various learner types, including kinesthetic and visual learners. By incorporating transparencies into your journaling, students can effectively organize and extend their learning in meaningful ways. Gather materials like cardstock and pre-cut transparencies to create interactive study guides for topics such as the Periodic Table of Elements and cycles in nature. Get creative and make journaling an engaging experience!
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Transparent Journaling Beth Beardshaw & Candice Favela UT-Dallas TRC – Richardson, Texas
Why use transparencies in your journaling? • Helps your student be an active learner in their education • Enables the kinesthetic learner in using the manipulatives to learn • Appeals to your tactile and kinesthetic learners • Allows your visual learner to use a kind of ‘thinking map’ to organize usinformation
Let’s get started • Take notes in class and then enable your students in extending their learning and organizing their information in a meaningful manner
So, your journal will be… • RIGHT – Teacher Side • LEFT – Student Side
Now, Let’s Try It! Get your materials ready and we will begin.
Your Turn • To get started: • Most of our interactive transparency study guides, require: - A white sheet of cardstock - ‘2-3’ sheets of transparencies pre-cut for students - A brad - A Hole punch - Ultra Fine Point Sharpies (Min. 4 colors)
Here we go!!! • Grab your supplies, and get ready! • The first one we are going to do is for the Chemistry unit(s). • Do your students have trouble with The Periodic Table of the Elements? This should help them!
Step 1 On cardstock draw the element of choice onto the cardstock as seen on the periodic table of elements.
Step 3 – the GREEN layer Each color is a different layer of transparency to help students study!
More Ideas Now, lets view a few examples to get ideas to create some to utilize in your classroom!
Rock Cycle Each color is a different layer of transparency to help students study!
Each color is a different layer of transparency to help students study! States of Matter
Water Cycle Each color is a different layer of transparency to help students study!
Nitrogen Cycle Labels are a different layer of transparency to help students study!
Cells Labels are a different layer of transparency to help students study!
Now, collaborate and create one you can use in your classroom! Create a few to take with you to use for classroom to next year! Have fun and be creative!